3. ANTS 2002: Brussels, Belgium

• Krzysztof Socha, Joshua D. Knowles, Michael Sampels:
  A MAX-MIN Ant System for the University Course Timetabling Problem. 1-13
  
• Christian Blum:
  ACO Applied to Group Shop Scheduling: A Case Study on Intensification and Diversification. 14-27
  
• Shervin Nouyan:
  Agent-Based Approach to Dynamic Task Allocation. 28-39
  
• Alena Shmygelska, Rosalía Aguirre-Hernández, Holger H. Hoos:
  An Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for the 2D HP Protein Folding Problem. 40-53
  
• Ismail Ellabib, Otman A. Basir, Paul H. Calamai:
  An Experimental Study of a Simple Ant Colony System for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows. 53-64
  
• Joaquín Bautista, Jordi Pereira:
  Ant Algorithms for Assembly Line Balancing. 65-75
  
• Carlos A. Silva, Thomas A. Runkler, João Miguel da Costa Sousa, Rainer Palm:
  Ant Colonies as Logistic Processes Optimizers. 76-87
  
• Casper Joost Eyckelhof, Marko Snoek:
  Ant Systems for a Dynamic TSP. 88-99
  
• James Montgomery, Marcus Randall:
  Anti-pheromone as a Tool for Better Exploration of Search Space. 100-110
  
• Michael Guntsch, Martin Middendorf:
  Applying Population Based ACO to Dynamic Optimization Problems. 111-122
  
• Otto Wittner, Bjarne E. Helvik:
  Cross-Entropy Guided Ant-Like Agents Finding Cyclic Paths in Scarcely Meshed Networks. 123-134
  
• Marc Reimann, Karl Doerner, Richard F. Hartl:
  Insertion Based Ants for Vehicle Routing Problems with Backhauls and Time Windows. 135-148
  
• Daniel Merkle, Martin Middendorf:
  Modelling ACO: Composed Permutation Problems. 149-162
  
• Jérôme Buhl, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Guy Theraulaz:
  Self-Organized Networks of Galleries in the Ant Messor Sancta. 163-175
  
• Leonora Bianchi, Luca Maria Gambardella, Marco Dorigo:
  Solving the Homogeneous Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem by the ACO Metaheuristic. 176-187
  
• Mauro Birattari, Gianni Di Caro, Marco Dorigo:
  Toward the Formal Foundation of Ant Programming. 188-201
  
• Jonas Svennebring, Sven Koenig:
  Towards Building Terrain-Covering Ant Robots. 202-215
  

Short Papers

• Johann Dréo, Patrick Siarry:
  A New Ant Colony Algorithm Using the Heterarchical Concept Aimed at Optimization of Multiminima Continuous Functions. 216-221
  
• Vittorio Maniezzo, Matteo Milandri:
  An Ant-Based Framework for Very Strongly Constrained Problems. 222-227
  
• Oscar Cordón, Iñaki Fernández de Viana, Francisco Herrera:
  Analysis of the Best-Worst Ant System and Its Variants on the QAP. 228-234
  
• Geoffrey Canright:
  Ants and Loops. 235-242
  
• Marcus Randall, James Montgomery:
  Candidate Set Strategies for Ant Colony Optimisation. 243-249
  
• Ryan M. Garlick, Richard S. Barr:
  Dynamic Wavelength Routing in WDM Networks via Ant Colony Optimization. 250-255
  
• Kok Meng Hoe, Weng-Kin Lai, Tracy S. Y. Tai:
  Homogeneous Ants for Web Document Similarity Modeling and Categorization. 256-261
  
• Malek Rahoual, Riad Hadji, Vincent Bachelet:
  Parallel Ant System for the Set Covering Problem. 262-267
  
• Andre Vogel, Marco Fischer, Hendrik Jähn, Tobias Teich:
  Real-World Shop Floor Scheduling by Ant Colony Optimization. 268-273
  
• Erol Sahin, Nigel R. Franks:
  Simulation of Nest Assessment Behavior by Ant Scouts. 274-281
  
• Marcin L. Pilat, Tony White:
  Using Genetic Algorithms to Optimize ACS-TSP. 282-287
  

Posters

• Ling Chen, Jie Sheng, Ling Qin, Hongjian Chen:
  A Method for Solving Optimization Problems in Continuous Space Using Ant Colony Algorithm. 288-289
  
• Tom De Wolf, Liesbeth Jaco, Tom Holvoet, Elke Steegmans:
  A Nested Layered Threshold Model for Dynamic Task Allocation. 290-291
  
• Stefka Fidanova:
  ACO Algorithm with Additional Reinforcement. 292-293
  
• Salima Ouadfel, Mohamed Batouche, Catherine Garbay:
  Ant Colony System for Image Segmentation Using Markov Random Field. 294-295
  
• Ugo Vallone:
  Bidimensional Shapes Polygonalization by ACO. 296-297
  
• Jürgen Branke, Michael Decker, Daniel Merkle, Hartmut Schmeck:
  Coevolutionary Ant Algorithms Playing Games. 298-299
  
• Adnan Acan:
  GAACO: A GA + ACO Hybrid for Faster and Better Search Capability. 300-301
  
• Hussain Aziz Saleh:
  GPS Positioning Networks Design: An Application of the Ant Colony System. 302-303